With his contract situation settled, Bobby Valentine is still looking for some things this offseason. On the personal level, he and his wife, Mary, haven’t yet found the right house in Stamford, while, professionally, Valentine is looking for almost an entirely new coaching staff.

And then there are those little questions of who is going to play short and pitch next year. Well, that’s more of a question for GM Steve Phillips.

Despite winning the NL pennant, the Mets, as of right now, only have first base coach Mookie Wilson slated to return. The most notable absences currently are hitting coach Tom Robson – who Valentine maintains could still be on his staff – and pitching coach Dave Wallace.

Wallace will assist Phillips in part because Wallace and Valentine didn’t get along, a relationship Valentine thought he heard Wallace describe as not being “hunky dory.”

“With the hitting coach, hunky dory doesn’t have anything to do with it,” said Valentine of Robson, who Phillips has said was let go due to the Mets’ situational batting averages not being high enough. “It was dealing with production or results. I don’t definitely care about hunky dory. It would help that the guys know that I have some input into the position they are in.”

So Valentine, who has spent much of his offseason so far helping charities, thinks he will have a say in who is on his staff and Robson, his good friend who has been fired twice by Phillips in the past two years, could be back.

“Nothing’s been determined about Tom,” said Valentine, who added it is definitely a possibility Robson could be back. “We are going to try and find someone that can fit better as a hitting coach, then we’ll see how the whole group works together.”

So Robson and John Stearns both could still be back. Valentine will continue looking this offseason. Phillips has said he and Valentine will work as a team, but Valentine may conduct longer interviews because Phillips will be so busy with other things, free agents, etc.

“I don’t have a timetable,” Valentine said. “Before spring training.”

Valentine, who was once fired by George W. Bush, also found out this week he was fourth in the NL Manager of the Year voting.

“I want a re-vote or at least a recount because something is screwy in the election process,” Valentine said.